George Withrow Lewis ’51

George died Nov. 8, 2002, of a pulmonary embolism. He came to Princeton from Montclair [N.J.] HS and majored in sociology. He was a member of Terrace Club, an associate editor of the Daily Princetonian, and participated in Triangle and Theatre Intime.

George was commissioned in the Army via ROTC and served in Korea. Afterward he earned an MBA from Harvard. He was employed by the International Division of Ford Motor Co. in pre-Castro Cuba and in Venezuela, and eventually became Ford's director of South American operations. Later he joined McKinsey & Co. in NYC, and in 1964, moved to the US distributing organization of Rolls-Royce Motors, Inc., eventually becoming president. Retiring after 20 years at Rolls, George became vice president of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc. in Philadelphia, then retired again in 1992.

George served as vestryman at St. Luke and the Epiphany Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, and at St. Mary's Anglican Church after he moved to Wilmington.

He is survived by his widow, Elizabeth "Betsy" Williams; his son, George; daughter Martha Story; and three stepchildren, Natalie Knitowski, Robert C. Nowaczyk and Thomas W. Nowaczyk. They have our deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1951